Sunshine Coast - UDL Keynote

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Anita StrangThinkingUDL.ca

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Universal Design for Learning (UDL)The difference between fair and equal

Sunshine CoastJanuary 13, 2010

My view from breakfast on the Sunshine Coast. The picture taken from my Blackberry doesn't do it justice, it was a beautiful sunny morning.

Sweet Cascadia

Shake me school and wake me upLight my fire don't fill my cup.

Hey school shake me!

Help me learn that it is not all about me.

Times they are a-changin'...

Changing Expectations in Education

"The [school] system was designed in the 1840s and at the turn of the 20th Century to separate society into a vast majority of minimally trained industrial workers and a small, educated elite."

http://education.change.org/blog/view/counting_the_origins_of_failure

Ira SocolCounting the Origins of Failure

etc...Engagement

Learner Diversity

Learning Styles

Engagement

DevelopmentalCoordination

DisorderMotivation

LD

DCD

ADHD

Autism

CerebralPalsy

OCD

etc...

etc...

We have the technology...

technology makes differentiation accessible

UDL

Using technology to differentiate

Its not about the technology...

Designed for people with physical disabilities...

... beneficial for everyone

Universal Design ~ Architecture

NaturalReaderI downloaded Natural Reader to help students who have reading disabilities. Many students and teachers have begun using it to re-read what they have written as they edit and proofread their work.

CLiCk, Speak

http://clickspeak.clcworld.net/

http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/

http://www.naturalreaders.com/

The Cornerstones of UDL

The Cornerstones of UDL

video

reading

listening

playing experimenting

Life Science: Cells and SystemsIt is expected that students will:B1 demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics of living thingsB2 relate the main features and properties of cells to their functionsB3 explain the relationship between cells, tissues, organs, and organ systemsB4 explain the functioning of the immune system, and the roles of the primary, secondary, and tertiarydefence systems

Multiple Means of Representation

Multiple Means of Engagement

The Cornerstones of UDL

video

reading

listening

playing experimenting

talkingwriting

art

music

drama

postermultimedia

Multiple Means of Expression

Multiple Means of Engagement

Bloom’s Domains•Psychomotor•Cognitive•Affective

Vygotsky’s Networks•Recognition•Strategic•Affective

Affective

StrategicRecognition

Questioning Assumptions

& Habits

...or based on text book assignments?

Are we assessing our students based on the Provincial Learning Outcomes...

Are our assessment results truly assessing what we intend...

...or are our assessments coloured by student's disabilities?

What if they become dependent on technology?

What is wrong with these kids???

Don Tapscott grownupdigital.com

"Increasingly we need to be seeing our curriculum as disabling children."

"Increasingly our curriculum will be be seen as unethical"

http://events.insinc.com/setbc/20081024/

David Rose

To see the David Rose's entire presentation at the LATA Conference in October 2009 go to:

CASTCentre for Applied Special Technology

from fixing the childto fixing the curriculum

fixing kids

Curriculum Lesson Plan

ESL

Learning Disabilities

Special needs

Curriculum

ESL

Learning Disabilities

Special needs

Lesson Plan

fixing curriculum

Collaboration is key

Learning Intention:

Grade 2identify the properties of solids, liquids, and gases

Solid Liquid Gas

water rock wood

air steam milk

Learning Intention:

Grade 2identify the properties of solids, liquids, and gases

face-to-face

twitter

wiki

blog

"Today’s classrooms are diverse and inclusive by nature. Differentiation of instruction and assessment and theprinciples of universal design are now recognized practices for teachers."

BC's Ministry of Education endorses Universal Design for Learning.

BC UDL Project

Second Year

Third Year

First Year

* SD41 Burnaby: Morley Elementary * SD43 Coquitlam: Birchland Elementary * SD52 Prince Rupert: Pineridge, Westview, Kanata, Lax Kxeen * SD28 Quesnel: Quesnel Secondary * SD36 Surrey: Tamanawis Secondary * SD22 Vernon: Coldstream Elementary * SD61 Victoria: Colquitz Middle School

* SD 19 Revelstoke: Revelstoke Secondary School 7-12 * SD 23 Central Okanagan: Bankhead Elementary School K-6 * SD 34 Abbotsford: W.A. Fraser Middle School 6-8 * SD 39 Vancouver: David Livingstone Elementary School K-7 * SD 57 Prince George: Harwin Elementary School K-7 * SD 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith: Fairview Community School K-7 * SD 71 Comox Valley: Arden Elementary School K-7 * SD 42 Maple Ridge: Mount Crescent Elementary K-7 * SD 46 Sunshine Coast: Halfmoon Bay Elementary Community School K-7 * SD 54 Bulkley Valley: Smithers Secondary 8-12 * SD 63 Saanich: North Saanich Middle School 6-8 * SD 79 Cowichan Valley: Khowhemun Elementary K-6 * SD 83 North Okanagan-Shuswap: Len Wood Middle School 6-8 * SD 84 Vancouver Island West: Gold River Secondary 8-12

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Join the conversation...

UDL

Inclusion Belonging

Accessibility

ExplicitLearning Intentions

Assessment for learningAssessment

as LearningAssessment

of Learning

Multiple Means of Representation

Multiple Means of Engagement

Multiple Means of Expression

Ownership

Community

Project-Based LearningWriter's Workshop

Picture-Word Induction

It's is a journey...

Assessment??

To read Anita's Blog "UDL Success" post go to:

http://anitas.edublogs.org/2009/03/28/udl-success/

Why???

~accessibility

~visual & background knowledge~joint attention

~in class support

~Short-term Pull-out groups with a purpose

Support for kids...

...a shift in Paradigm

the message we send...

~their teachers can teach them~they can learn~there are tools they can use~different is not only acceptable but encouraged~they are valued and supported~they belong

~technology~collaboration~inservice

Support for teachers...

from fixing the childto fixing the curriculum

from child as problematicto curriculum as potentially problematic

from accepting differencesto valuing and encouraging differences

from assistive to mainstreamfrom separate to included

Shift in Paradigm...

Ownership

Belonging

Community

Inclusion

...a shift in paradigm

UDL